Financial Controller
Permanent
Job Description
- Independently perform reviews, de-brief with the managers, and document the report.
- Reviews include a range of topics across a range of financial topics:
- Accounting: topics (technical topics such as IFRS 9.1 & 9.2, IFRS 16, process reviews on topics such as accounts payable, intercompany, cash breaks, intangibles etc.) and regular spot checks on account certification (substantiation of balance sheet and P&L accounts with supporting documentation).
- Solvency and Liquidity reporting to UK regulators or to the group,
- Management accounting (budgets, forecasts etc.),
- Structural risk related (e.g. ALM & Treasury)
- Various types of reviews are performed.
- Full architecture (or framework) review involves a review of activity, process, risk, and controls.
- Extensive reviews are less detailed than architecture review.
- Closing reviews are performed during accounting close on specific accounting topics.
- The report on the design and effectiveness of control framework is presented in standardized group formats.
- Preparation of the annual roadmap through gathering and analyzing data for the previous year. This includes errors and incidents, audit points, management letter points, risk and control self-assessment, balance-sheet and P&L data, regulator feedback etc.
- On a quarterly basis, gather and analyze data related to closing cycle. This includes pre-close (zone-de-risk) exercise, review of KPIs, study of internal control certification results (SOX-lite approach) etc.
- Assess the risks and perform timely closing reviews where required. These are provided to the external auditors globally.
- Remedial action plan follow-up on:
- Residual risks still on-going.
- Committees and governance: Preparation of group quarterly synthesis of the activities of the team, preparation of risk-committee and internal control committee packs.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Degree in Finance/Accounting. ACA/ACCA or equivalent will be very beneficial.
- 5-10 years’ relevant experience in a financial services institution or professional services firm
- Demonstrated knowledge of accounting, audit, controls and banking framework
- Strong verbal and written communication skills,
- Strong ability to liaise will all relevant departments and levels of management and work with various teams
- Ability to identify and take ownership of complex issues and conflict resolution
- Fluent in English
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